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Anybody heard Michael Micara?

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9728846

Green Dolphin . . very nice and great to hear you burn Scott!

I'm so glad to see this forum going so strong!

I've been away for a good 4+ months on a contract and my internet was complete crap.

Thanks for the kind words. I'd like to get into whatever this thread is at now. I remember Very Early was a really nice find; I personally didn't know about the tune, so thanks for that

What's the tune we're on now?

Cheers!

PS: @Scott: I really dig the 3 A section on Green Dolphin! Nice playing!

Let's dig into Very Early yet again . . . it's never too late!

Btw, re: Bill Evans: some nice writing about Bill by Gene Lees:
http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2011/09/bill-evans-in-paris-with-gene-lees.html

Boy, talk about my faulty memory! Yes, you did solo on the changes, and really well too. For some reason the DEFG sequence stuck in my mind as the solo bit more than the rest of the tune.

Got to go find that glove and put it away now...

Nice playing on Stella, I enjoyed that one. I really like the idea of changing 3 to 4 on Dolphin street as well, very Bill Evans. I like playing that one in 7 which I guess is just changing from 3 to 4 each bar rather than each section.

Don't worry Scep, your memory can't be any worse than mine.
But get that glove out again and record the tune some more!

Thanks Chris, Cee, and Beeboss for checking out my stuff!

Chris... I'm hoping to tear it up even more on Green Dolphin St. once I get more settled on the groove .

Cee... I'm listening to some of the stuff on your website. Really cool! I like the Expanding Time Colours stuff.

Beeboss, do you have a recording of Green Dolphin St. in 7? I'd like to hear how you do that!

Hey Cee, you've been gone awhile. Great that you checked back in. That Spain version was just AWESOME!

Scott, you're going to have a great trio here. Sounds great. Very imaginative with the Green Dolphin Street 3 to 4 changing! And nice lines on it too. Your rhythm section swings really well (better than the swing in my group) so the groove is really good. I've listened to a couple and will continue with the rest. Everyone suddenly just posted so much at once.

Chris posted something too which I didn't listen to yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ygsHr27kS0

Sounds a bit out of date to me now but I guess that is a good thing.

Dave F., I've watched you play in person and discussed some voicing things and so perhaps I can add my simplistic observations for Jazz+.

From what I've seen, your focus on voicings is what goes in the bass. And like you said, it's an experimental thing and changes the sound (I guess it's the Overtone thing). I believe once you showed or discussed how you put the 6 on the bottom in one case which obviously changed the whole sound.

The Dobbins book was not a clear read on this. It was more like a guide to experimentation so I can see where this almost has to be a personal experience to try things out. I got the book but I didn't really know how to proceed.

Perhaps the best way to understand, or share your experience Dave, is maybe to discuss a specific, like what particular voicing you just on a particular bar (if you can remember). It's my observation that your talent as a player is deeply rooted in your very advanced handling of voicings. I'm surprised to hear you've only worked on this for 10 years. So when I first met you 5 years back, you were only halfway through this process?

You mentioned before that you heard my teacher's voicing in my playing. I understand what he does. He's actually pretty precise and specific about his choices and directly tied to the chord quality. Often it's a direct understanding of what he wants to reharmonize so he makes the choice in advance. Not so much from a trial and error experimental approach which can reveal some unusual combinations. So my own knowledge base of the variations in voicings in what you do is very light.

So when I get a chance I will ask about a specific bar. That way I can learn a little more.

Scott, after praising your rhythm section on Green Dolphin St and Stella, I found myself rhythmically confused by your drummer in Well You Needn't. Wow, those complex sub-rhythms in the beginning really throw off the groove. I don't even feel that counter rhythms felt in the groove. It felt better later on. You played great though.

Oh I would love to take a stab at that 7/4 green dolphin if you are willing to share the bass+drums+perc tracks!

Sure, if I can find it. I'll look tomorrow.

Here is the backing track for green dolphin st in 7 for anyone who wants to give it a go

http://www.divshare.com/download/15758753-f65

What a beautiful tune Chris! Loved it. I did want to hear the solo though over the whole thing rather than just the vamp because it would have made for some really great harmony.

I wanted to tell the inattentive audience to shut up

Thanks. I'm pretty proud of it myself.
Interesting that you want to hear a solo on the whole piece; I used to do that, then I made the decision to only solo on the A-part, I felt that soloing on both the A and B "wore out" the tune. In one way I like just going into the A-parts harmonies (its all modal, albeit based in the Renaissance).

Here's a version with solos on the whole tune.

I was right. I liked A+B more. This was very nice

I humbly bow to your superior taste oh Mastar Ivory Tickler!